Remote Celestial Objects

SN2020aavb

Supernova 2020aavb is located in the Galaxy NGC 3697, which is 291 million light-years from Earth. At the time of capture 2020aavb was at magnitude 16.

Target details

Supernova 2020aavb is located in the Galaxy NGC 3697, which is 291 million light-years from Earth.

At the time of capture 2020aavb was at magnitude 16.

Capture details

Data captured 04 January, 2021.
44x 180s through Luminance filter.

Total Exposure = 2.2 hour.

Equipment details

Skywatcher Quattro 200 CF
NEQ6 Pro
Atik 460EX Mono

Processing details

This image was processed in Pixinsight & Lightroom.
Calibration and Stacking in Pixinsight using Batch PreProcessing
Dynamic Background Extraction - To remove gradients
Deconvolution - To bring out some fine detail & tighten stars, 30 iterations.
Histogram Transformation - To stretch the image.
Curves Transformation - To boost contrast.

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SN2020aavb: astrophotograph by Pete Lawrence